stateofdecay | Event: Itinerant Horde

THE HORDE ARRIVES...

Friday morning brings with it biting temperatures, a thick fog which dissipates not long after the sun rises, and many, many zombies. As the Horde shambles into the area, the survivors of the Quad area are setting finishing the last touches of their plan and getting into position for their operation to Split and Destroy the Itinerant Horde.

This post will be used for all miscellaneous scenes set during this plot line. There will be a second post going up for mission scenes which will count for plot success activity tomorrow morning. Characters who volunteer for missions all know the plan but will not receive their own assignments and partners until late this evening, at which point the Cascade Hills teams will be dispatched to their locations.

Meagher Valley teams will be positioned Saturday morning, Providence Ridge teams Sunday morning, and Trumbull Valley teams Monday morning. The Horde is impassable by car, so please be mindful to note which side of the Horde your character is on at any given time. Those on teams will be prepared to camp out for a few days at their final locations, and will have safe elevated spots scouted for them ahead of time, but are also welcome to shelter at any community once the Horde has cleared it (ie, if you are assigned to Loch + Keogh, you can return to Whitney Field after the Horde clears it on Saturday afternoon).

If you have any questions about logistics, please do not hesitate to ask me either here or in the #questions channel on the Discord server. I realize this is a little complicated but I'm happy to help figure out where your character will be and be able to get! I'll have team assigns for people at about 9pm PST tonight, and the post for mission scenes will go up tomorrow morning.

FRIDAY 10:45 AM

The Horde reaches Morgan's Crossing in Cascade Hills.

Beau Betancourt and Ares Makepeace are positioned here to make the first attempt at splitting the horde with Burton Wolfingbarger (Biker) and Vic (Deadhunter) [18].

FRIDAY 2:45 PM

The Horde crosses the Kelenqua River at the Bridge Fort in Cascade Hills.

FRIDAY 5:30 PM

The Horde passes the UU Church south of Lowl.

FRIDAY 9:30 PM

The Horde passes through Downtown Lowl.

Arlo Rattray and Mud are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with Otto (Responder) and Keller (Responder) [12].

SATUR. 8:00 AM

The Horde passes Loch and Keogh Self-Storage in Cascade Hills.

John Hwang and Margarita Son are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with Carly Vega (Scav) and Howie Standish (Lundegaard) [7].

SATUR. 1:45 PM

The Horde passes by Whitney Field Depot.

SUNDAY
12:30 AM

The Horde passes the Wind Farm in Meagher Valley.

Mara Kaufman and Gideon Ames are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with The Witch (Deadhunter) and Della Heydecker (Responder) [15].

SUNDAY 6:00 AM

Approximately halfway through its journey through the Quad area, the Horde passes Grace Lutheran Church in Meagher Valley.

Roswell and Billie Kaplan are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with Nolan (Scav) and Bell (Network Agent) [6].

SUNDAY 4:45 PM

The Horde passes through the village of Sawyer's Crossing before passing Lundegaard Lumber.

MONDAY 6:15 AM

The Horde passes Camp Winchester on its way to Marshall.

Bunny Rabbit and Lola Bellison are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with Brandson Gunn (Lundegaard) and Elwood Gunn (Lundegaard) [16].

MONDAY 11:40 AM

The Horde passes by the city of Marshall in Trumbull Valley.

Reggie Goodleaf and Angel are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with Bug (Deadhunter) and Amy McBride (Scav) [20].

TUESDAY 4:00 AM

The Horde reaches the town of Spencer's Mill in Trumbull Valley.

Dutch and Edgar de Leon are positioned here to make the next attempt at splitting the horde with Foxy (Deadhunter) and Mickey Wilkerson (Network Agent) [6].

TUESDAY 5:00 PM

The Horde reaches the town of Fairfield, where the Quad teams intend to lure any remaining zombies to the Fairgrounds on the other side of town.

Carter Betancourt and Court Slaughter are positioned here to make the final attempt with Jonah Shaw (Responder) and Big Mike (Biker) [19].

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NOV 12, 2013 ▪ Prescott Field Hospital ▪ 10:45 AM

"BILLIE."

Lola bursts through the privacy curtain surrounding Billie's cot, foot-first. In her arms, she appears to be holding roughly half a dozen family-sized bags of chips. Five, actually, and only three of them stale.

"I brought you things to heal." This Lola says with an expression of the utmost seriousness—she does believe that potato chips are what Billie needs to fully recover.

After dumping the chips on Billie's lap, Lola pulls a pack of Red Vines from her back pocket. These are truly ancient, closer in texture and required jaw activity to Tootsie Rolls, but Lola lays them reverently down atop the small mountain of chips like manna from heaven.

Her first instinct is to yell "LOLA" back in return, but Billie realizes that shouting usually involves moving in a way that is very unagreeable to her currently. So she settles for smiling brightly at Lola instead.

"Hi!" She pauses for a moment, tensely waiting to see if the word was enough to make her chest revolt against her in a painful fury like it'd been doing so often. Luckily, her excitement didn't seem enough to cause aggravation this time. Or maybe she was getting better at managing her breathing. Someone at Prescott had mentioned trying to do that, to protect her lungs or something.

"Thanks," she says, looking down at the chips contently. They can stay there and she will figure out how to consume them in the least embarrassing manner later. With a less content sigh, she looks back up at Lola, dejected. "I don't think I can scavenge like this."

Lola pulls up a stool and makes herself comfortable, propping her feet on Billie's cot. "Probably not IMMEDIATELY, but you know. Eventually. Once your—"

She frowns. "What exactly happened to you?"

"It's so embarrassing though," Billie whines, but gives in almost immediately anyway.

"I fell out of a bell tower. Not even that far, but I still managed to crack some of my ribs." She's pouting now, upset by the fact that she didn't even get a cool story to justify her injuries. Like, could she have at least gotten banged up killing twenty zombies single-handedly or something. Jeez.

Lola gasps hugely, throwing her hands up in the air. "OHMIGOD. LIKE A BAT."

Tutting, she makes a fuss over Billie, tucking her into her cot up to her chin and tucking her hair behind her airs. "Can you even breathe?"

Obviously, yes, or else Billie would probably not be unattended in a cot surrounded by a privacy curtain. What Lola means is can Billie breathe well. But in best friend shorthand.

"I can breathe okay, in like, lowercase," which is not correct, but Billie is tired of the phrase "deep breaths" at this point. Lola always understands her anyway.

Lola pouts sympathetically, patting Billie's shin above her blanket. "My official prognosis is that you probably won't be able to scavenge for like a month. Give or take."

She opens a bag of chile limón Lay’s, wafting the previously-sealed chip air up and sniffing it like a sommelier. Pauses, squints thoughtfully—yes. Good chips. "Prognosis means 'what I think,' but in a medical sense. Chip?"

"That's so long," Billie groans and then regrets it, because that is not a lowercase breathing action. "You're going to have to add to my collection in lieu of my own scavenging."

She looks at Lola very seriously, because it's important to her that any oddities that speak to her on some level but have no practical or trading value find a home with her. "What if I somehow miss an entire storage closet somewhere filled with Ooglies?"

It's too depressing to think about, really, so instead, Billie opens her mouth so that Lola can throw a chip in. The least embarrassing way to eat while moving is off the table, she's decided.

Lola feeds Billie a chip, then wipes her hand of chip dust on the front of her shirt. Wordlessly, she joins Billie on the cot—Lola is skinny enough to fit on the side of the cot that Billie doesn’t occupy, although her feet reach the end of it. “Here,” she says. She pats her shoulder for Billie to rest on.

“I’ll make sure to collect good stuff for you,” Lola continues. “OOglies. Yarn. Everything.”

Through a very slow process of moving centimeter by centimeter, Billie maneuvers herself so that she can lean her head against Lola's shoulder. Luckily, Lola managed to pick the correct side to sit on so that her most aggravated ribs aren't in danger of any pressure being put on them but even the slight bit of movement is painful and she lets out several hisses and has to blink back tears more than once.

But she gets there in the end, unsure if it's actually all that more comfortable, all things considered, but it matters less than the fact that she's able to lean on Lola who is tangible and really there.

"My hero, as always. I'm going to make you something so cute with any yarn you find. When I'm better."

Event: Itinerant Horde

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

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SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie

SCENES: TUESDAY & BEYOND: Lola & Billie